WHAT TO DO MONTH BY MONTH 



wood with a single large spike two feet from 

 the top. Open these strips scissor fashion and 

 brace up these limbs. Guard against the 

 splitting of bad crotches in the same way. 



Tent Caterpillars. Look especially on the 

 young branches of your three- to five-year-old 

 trees for clusters of tent caterpillar eggs. 

 Pick them off and burn. 



Spring Planting. This is the month to dig 

 the holes for next spring's planting of apple 

 trees. Place the sod in one pile, the fine top 

 loam in another, and the subsoil in the third. 

 Fill the hole with manure and allow it to re- 

 main one winter. In the spring, lift out the 

 manure and place it in a fourth pile, loosen 

 up the soil in the hole, place a little of the 

 fine soil in the bottom and set the tree. The 

 fine soil is then fitted about the roots followed 

 by the partly decayed sod, then the bottom 

 soil, and finally what remains of the manure is 

 scattered on the surface of the soil around the 

 tree. 



Cane Fruits. Mulch all cane fruits. They 

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